Money Matters for Youth with Gail Perry-Mason (GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE!)

From: Perry-Mason, Gail M   MONEY MATTERS FOR YOUTH   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                                                              &nb sp;                                     Media Contact: Gail Perry-Mason Office: 313 / 886.1200 www.gailperry-mason.net   NATIONAL FINANCIAL EXPERT TEACHES KIDS MONEY COLLEGE AT WCCCD SUMMER CAMP   Metro Detroit youth, ages 8 to 18, can now enroll in summer Money College , to be taught by Gail Perry-Mason, Senior Director of Investments at the Detroit office of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. She co-authored Girl, Make Your Money Grow! – A featured book on the Oprah Show and now recommended reading on Oprah.com. Perry-Mason, who has coached more than 3000 Detroit area youth, will teach children the keys to wealth building. "Parents are thrilled because, when children learn the true value of money and giving back, they become as excited about saving as they had been about spending," she says. "Kids are like Kodak film. All they need is exposure and development."   Perry-Mason, a team of financial coaches – some of them former students - and local entrepreneurs, will lead the students through a five-day interactive experience, which includes workshops on: Financial literacy, budgeting, economic principles, and business etiquette Credit, debt, student loans, scholarships Personal banking, checking and savings accounts, and debit cards Wall Street, the Wall Street Journal and stock exchange literacy Time management Starting your own business, business plans and product promotion The importance of giving back Investing in our health/self-care   The summer camp will operate as a business. Students will be divided into working groups of investment clubs. The students are divided up into groups: Small Cap (elementary school); Mid Cap (middle school); Large Cap (high school). They must adhere to a dress code that requires shirts and ties for gentlemen and dresses for young ladies. Caps, jeans and gym shoes are banned. The youth will take research field trips to area business and financial institutions.   The curriculum also features business etiquette lessons, to provide youth with the informal skills needed to capitalize on their new business knowledge. The social skills developed include the firm handshake, dining etiquette and interviewing skills.   Students are also exposed to community service, as a component of healthy wealth. "We don't want to raise a generation of youth who believe everything of value is for sale. Some of the most valuable aspects of life are simply what we give," Perry-Mason explains.   Money Matters Youth Camp is a partnership of WCCCD and the Entrepreneurial Institute and Resource Center , sponsored by State Farm Insurance and Bank of America.   Money Matters Youth Camp, taught by financial expert Gail Perry-Mason Monday, August 8th – Friday, August 12th ~ 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily WCCCD Eastern Campus Cooper Community Room 5901 Conner, Detroit , Mich. , 48213 For registration information call 313 / 579.6990